Post Office to open 2 Sundays

Tuesday

Dec 4, 2012 at 10:24 AMDec 4, 2012 at 10:26 AM

The Pontiac Post Office will be observing special holiday hours to assist its customers with getting gifts and letters to their designations in time for Christmas.“This is one of the most exciting and busiest times of the year for the postal service and the Pontiac Post Office will be open Sunday, Dec. 9 and 16, to make shopping and shipping easier,” said Pontiac Postmaster Laureen Pointdexter.Pointdexter said this is the first time the Pontiac Post Office has been open on Sundays. She said that it is up to the district office whether to do this for other card-heavy holidays, including Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day.“If we would have Sunday hours in the future, we would definitely let the public know,” she said.The Postal Service has plans to change services in the future, but these special hours don’t reflect those changes.“The Saturday discontinuance is for delivery only. Saturday window hours and the P.O. boxes wouldn’t change. Operating hours would stay the same; it would just be five day delivery,” she explained.The Pontiac Post Office will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9 and 16, and is located at 302 W. Madison St.